Apple launched Move to iOS, the company's first Android app that lets users switch from Android to iOS. Move to iOS made its way to Google Play Store, but is suffering from one-star reviews by Android fans.
Apple's first Android app ever is named "Switch from Android to iOS" but shows up in some phones as "Move to iOS. The app lets users seamlessly switch from Android to iOS and has now made its way to Google Play Store after it was launched with the new iPhones.
The Verge reported that Move to iOS provides an automatic and secure content migration from an Android device to an Apple phone without having to save data before the switch. It cannot, however, move all apps. Move to iOS only transfers important content such as phone and email contacts, messages, photos, and calendars.
Move to iOS uses a neat strategy to transfer content without sending data over the cloud. The Apple device sets up a private Wi-Fi network to find the Android device, ask for a security code, and syncs the data "in the right places".
Apple's Move to iOS app requires the Android device running Android 4 up. It works on previous Apple models as well.
According to Tech Crunch, Apple has been trying to get a bite out of the Android market share. Dropping the Move to iOS app on the Google Play Store might be a good start towards Apple's goal.
However, ever since Move to iOS app entered Play Store, it had an average rating of only 1.8. Lots of Android users have given the app one-star reviews either because the app looked bad since it did not use Google's Material Design, they do not like Apple's closed platform, or simply because they hate Apple.
79% of the reviews gave Move to iOS a one-star while 19% gave 5-stars, reported Venture Beat. Some reviews might be considered invalid or inaccurate. A minimum amount of time of using the app should be required before the app can be rated.
A user named Chris Bailey commented, "I'm turning into a sheep? I downloaded this app, all of the sudden I felt thorns coming out of my head, I felt fur growing out of my body and I am [breathing] uncontrollably. I also have an unnecessary urge to eat grass. Bahahhah bahahahah". Another user named Robert Kirsch said that he would rather be shot in the face than use the app.
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